Cooking a lot of food is not always synonymous with waste. From an organisational perspective, it can help you save a great amount of time in the kitchen – as long as you know how to manage any leftover food. Take a look at these 4 creative recipes for cleverly reusing any excess food.
As we all know, it is important to eat a varied and balanced diet, consume seasonal products, and exercise regularly to stay fit and healthy. But fruit and vegetables have not been created equally; every colour comes with its own special benefits.
Let’s find out more about the fruit and vegetables that are blue or purple in colour.
Vegetables are an important source of vitamins, minerals and other useful nutrients for the body. To stop losing most of their nutrients during cooking, it’s important to know the best way of preparing them. Here are 4 practical tips to preserve these properties.
Each and every one of us can significantly help to protect nature and save resources by making small changes to our everyday lives.
Nature is coming back out of hibernation, the days are getting longer, and the land is bearing fruits once again: Spring is finally here, accompanied by the first fruit and veg of this delicious season. Let’s take a look at some of them.
Many countries throughout the world celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day on 17th March: a day of festivities in honour of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.
As well as being tasty ingredients for your meals, many of the products grown in your vegetable garden can transform into precious elixirs of beauty. Pamper yourself with one of these DIY treatments!
When we think about the beneficial properties of fruit and vegetables, we often picture them in all sorts of colours: with their greens, reds, purples, yellows, and oranges, both their nutrient content and their lively colours never cease to amaze us.
<<Nessuna lingua viva ha, né può avere, un vocabolario che la contenga tutta>> (No modern language has, or could have, a vocabulary capable of containing everything) wrote Leopardi in the Zibaldone. Languages are changing constantly. Vocabulary updates and evolves along with people and changes along with society.
No matter what type, shape, or colour they are, flowers undoubtedly play a key role on the most romantic day of the year, being one of the most appreciated gifts received on Saint Valentine’s Day.
The Sanremo Music Festival is here, which is celebrating its 69th edition this year. In honour of Italy’s most popular music festival, we’ll discover some songs from Sanremo that became real smash hits. And there had to be references to good food in some of these song lyrics!
36 kg: this is how much food each of us throws away every year, the equivalent of €12 billion. It is mainly fresh foods that end up in the bin, such as fruit, vegetables, bread, dairy products and sauces, but also soft drinks, pulses and pasta.
If you’re struggling living with temperatures close to zero and are dreaming of the sun’s warm rays, you should know that proper nutrition can help you deal with the cold better.
Fruit and vegetables add colour to our dinner tables every day, delighting our palates and eyes. But in addition to being great to eat, they are also a source of inspiration for many fashion brands. Let’s have a look at a few examples.
At the heart of popular beliefs and superstitions, the Moon seems to affect not only our mood, but also various activities that happen on Earth, such as animals’ behaviour and the growth of plants.
We’ve already told you about potatoes providing inspiration for various artists, both in the world of painting (see potatoes in art) and in design (read potatoes as an object of design and the news section on the potato lamp).
During the holidays, it’s easier to give in to little culinary delights… Then January comes around with all its good resolutions and reminds us that it’s time to get back to a healthier, more balanced diet. Want a few examples? Read more here.
As you wait for Befana to arrive with her bag of sweets, have some fun with your young ones by making these original handmade crafts.
Why buy the usual Christmas decorations, when you can make your table special in a simple and environmentally-friendly way with what you’ve got at home? Here are four ideas for the holidays.
Christmas is around the corner and you haven’t thought about your presents yet? Don’t panic, in this news section we’ll tell you how to make useful and original little gifts with your own hands in a blink of an eye.
December is the month of Christmas, family warmth and tables laden with food. If you want to stay in shape without giving up those small culinary treats typically found during the holidays, it’s best to think ahead.
In every season, nature provides precious gifts to bring to our dinner table: vegetable gardens in December are coloured red, orange and purple.
To reduce our consumption of disposable crockery and therefore our impact on the environment, many companies, designers, students and experts in all fields are working on environmentally-sustainable solutions that are also… edible.
From 19 to 25 November 2018, it is Worldwide Italian Cuisine Week, which promotes top Italian cuisine abroad. The third edition is all about the Mediterranean diet.
Not everybody knows that you can eat many types of sprouted seeds. They are full of vitamins and enzymes; you can buy them ready to eat, or grow them yourself at home.
Essential in its lines, soft in its colours. It is perhaps precisely due to their simplicity that potatoes continue to inspire the world of design and interior design.
The spookiest night of the year is just around the corner! Here are four creative ideas to scare up some fun with your little trick-or-treaters.
English on the outside, 100% Italian inside. A restaurant in Milan has revisited one of the classics of British cuisine, the baked potato, creating a hybrid delicacy bound to please every palate.
Potatoes have been inspiring artists for centuries, and they are also crucial to the work of Pepe Tanzi of the Album Italia srl design firm.
Crispy and golden on the outside, soft and fluffy inside: sounds simple enough, but it’s easier said than done.
Summer is long gone, but the effects of the massive heat wave are still being felt throughout Europe, with some notable repercussions even in terms of eating habits.
Perhaps it’s because they symbolize the plainness of everyday life. Perhaps it’s for their mysterious nature, growing underground only to reveal themselves once extracted and cleaned.
A varied diet is crucial for children’s health and also useful to educate them about the benefits of a proper nutrition.
We all consume lots of vegetables that grow underground, but do we know the difference between tubers, bulbs, roots and rhyzomes? Let’s find out!
Is it so hot that you just want to eat ice cream all day long? Keep in mind that proper nutrition is important to stay healthy and hydrated, especially when our body is put to the test by high temperatures.
Have you ever considered using onions for healthier and more beautiful skin? Try, and you’ll see that nature really is full of surprises.
Beach, water, sun... The key ingredients for a magical holiday.
August is just around the corner... is it time for a tan? Beware, however, that in these days of intense heat sunblock may not be enough.
Virtually every day, we use nickel or alkaline batteries to power the electronic devices that populate our lives, but most of us may not realise that potatoes, too, are capable of producing electricity.
We’ve already examined the health benefits of onions in the article “Onions: a precious resource in fighting bacteria”.
Onions have always played a key role in natural medicine, thanks to their well-known anti-inflammatory and anti-bacterial properties.
They’re beloved all over the world, but where in the world were they invented?
Growing potatoes requires vast areas of arable land, but if you just want to grow a bit, for fun or for private consumption, you can do so in your garden or even on your balcony.
Onions are at the heart of innumerable recipes, yet whenever we begin chopping them our eyes well up with tears... why does that happen?
If you think potatoes are just good for eating, you couldn’t be more wrong! Indeed, they have many applications other than as a food source. Here are some of the more interesting ones...
There are many types of gnocchi, but those made from potatoes are certainly the most popular.
Potatoes and onions are staples in everyone’s pantry, and by following a few tips for proper storage it is possible to keep them fresh for a long period of time.
Potatoes, the peasant food par excellence, are at the core of a success story featuring three friends from Piedmont, who in 2011 established the Poormanger restaurant.
A staple in the Andes region since pre-Columbian times, potatoes were discovered by Europeans during the Pizarro-led expeditions of Spanish conquistadores, who brought the crop to the Old World between 1580 and 1585.
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